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Trips

The school has a strong tradition of organising trips to complement the curriculum and enrich the students’ learning outside of the classroom. Examples of trips that have taken place over the past few years include:

 

Art

  • Bath Fashion Museum
  • Tyntesfield ‘Red Dress’ Exhibition
  • Life Drawing, RWA
  • Costume for Theatre, TV & Film, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

Business Studies

  • Cadbury World, Birmingham
  • Discover Economics Schools’ Challenge, Bristol
  • Year 12 case study at Cadbury House Hotel and Spa, Congresbury

Careers

  • Year 12 trip to Bath University
  • Weston College
  • Royal Navy
  • Student Leadership Conference, Chew Valley

Duke of Edinburgh

  • Bronze, Silver and Gold expeditions, Mendips AONB, Brecon Beacons and Dartmoor

Education Support

  • Local excursions

English

  • A Christmas Carol, Backwell Playhouse
  • Ovid in the West Country storytelling competition, UoB
  • Essay Competition Winners trip, Waterstones Bristol
  • An Inspector Calls, Bath
  • Interschool Vocabulary Competition, Churchill Academy
  • Poetry By Heart competition, Chew Valley School

Enrichment Week

  • Warwick Castle
  • Mojo Active, Bristol
  • Bristol Street Art Tour
  • Harry Potter Studio Tour, Hertfordshire
  • Mendip Outdoor Activity Centre
  • Falmouth University, Cornwall
  • Eden Project, Cornwall
  • BF Adventure, Cornwall
  • Beach Activities, various beaches, Cornwall

Geography

  • River Holford GCSE trip
  • Urban fieldwork, Bristol
  • FSC Nettlecombe Court fieldtrip
  • Bossington Green fieldtrip
  • Geography Taster Day, University of Bristol

History

  • Y12 Berlin trip
  • Shepton Mallet Prison

Maths

  • ‘Girls in Maths’ presentation by Advanced Mathematics Support Programme (AMSP), Gordano School

Modern Languages

  • French Exchange, Dinan
  • German Exchange, Freising
  • Spanish Exchange, Vitoria-Gasteiz
  • Spanish Spelling Bee, various

Music

  • Choir workshop and concert at St George's Hall, Bristol
  • Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Bristol
  • Choir performances, local schools and festivals

PE

  • Sports Studies, Mendip Outdoor Activity Centre
  • The Wave, Bristol
  • Redpoint Climbing, Bristol
  • Sports Science Laboratory Testing/Strength and Conditioning, University of South Wales

Philosophy & Religion

  • Shepton Mallet Prison
  • Philosophy and Religion conference, Worcester Cathedral
  • Places of Worship, local churches

Performing Arts

  • Noughts & Crosses, Bath
  • Ocean at the End of the Lane, Bath
  • North Somerset Dance Festival, Weston super Mare
  • The Lion King, Bristol
  • The Great Big Dance Off, Cheltenham
  • Wonder Boy, Bristol Old Vic
  • Never Let Me Go, Bristol Old Vic
  • Dear Evan Hansen, Bristol Hippodrome

Science

  • Particle Physics Masterclass, Oxfordshire
  • F1 In Schools Regional Final, Bristol
  • We The Curious DNA genotype testing
  • Hinckley Point, Bridgwater

Social Science

  • Pre-school visits, Backwell

Other

  • Sixth Form Folgarida ski trip, Italy
  • Fishing Club, Jacklands Fishing Lakes, Nailsea
  • Bristol Teen Book Award Ceremony, Clifton College